Lisa Walker Forest Management Branch Sustainable Forest Management
Lisa Walker Forest Management Branch Sustainable Forest Management and Timber Supply 1
2 Outline • Sustainable Forest Management • Forest Resources Management Plans • Timber Supply and Annual Allowable Cut
3 Sustainable Forest Management • Ecological integrity • Desired future state • Social and economic values • Temporal and spatial scales • Adaptive; monitoring, & improvement
4 Sustainability Framework Economy Society Environment
5 Final Agreements Forest Resources Act Compliance & Enforcement Yukon’s Forest Management Forest Resources Management Plans Monitoring Operational Standards
6 Forest Resources Management Plans • Regional scale • Based on FN TT • Collaborative & Consensus based • Vision forest management • Social • Economic • Environmental
7 Levels of Planning High level, strategic and collaborative regional planning, FRMPs Mid level, landscape level development planning, THPs Site level, operational planning, Site Plans
8 Timber Supply & Limits • Annual Limit Regions become approved FRMPs • FRMP Implementation TSA AAC • Timber Supply Analysis ▫ Detailed technical study ▫ Amount of timber that can be cut, scenario based modeling ▫ Used to set the AAC – annual allowable cut
9 AAC Determination • Amount of timber that can be harvested sustainably • Based on environmental, social and economic factors • FN and public review • Rationale provided for decision
10 Thank you! • Questions?
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